Yvonne Martinez Beltran
Candidate for City Council Member, Morgan Hill, District B · Councilwoman/Mother
Yvonne Martinez Beltran is a mother of three, business owner, and lifelong Morgan Hill resident whose family has lived in the city for more than 40 years. She holds a master's degree in urban planning from New York University and currently represents District B on the Morgan Hill City Council.
Positions in brief
As a councilmember, Martinez Beltran has supported inclusionary housing requirements, a specific plan to guide development along the Monterey Road corridor, and increased state funding for recycled-water infrastructure.
Martinez Beltran has supported inclusionary housing ordinances requiring affordable-housing development and tightened design standards, backed a Monterey Road Corridor Specific Plan to guide development with public input, and pursued state funding for recycled-water infrastructure and mandated telecom and utility upgrades. She has also pointed to her role in funding police and fire staffing, equipment, and a new firehouse.
On the issues
- Public Safety & Policing
Says she helped fully fund previously unfunded police and fire staffing, equipment and a firehouse, and supports continuing that funding.
“ensured our deferred unfunded liabilities—key police and fire staffing, equipment and a firehouse—were finally funded”
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Supports keeping the city's inclusionary housing ordinance and meeting state affordable-housing targets.
“our inclusionary housing ordinance requiring the building, funding and disbursement of affordable housing”
Source → - Economy & Jobs
Wants a formal Specific Plan to guide development along the Monterey Road Corridor.
“a Specific Plan for the Monterey Road Corridor development”
Source → - Infrastructure & Transportation
Wants the city to keep seeking state funding for recycled-water infrastructure and to push for stronger telecom/utility infrastructure requirements.
“continue advocating for state funding to invest in recycled water infrastructure, and legislation mandating telecom and PG&E infrastructure upgrades”
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